The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-03

ing the canvass this fall OF. not they must be u
ter, whom the State Convention to choose dele
8M Ha sRg ss on The stats Com
hs m Thc will stsPs ID 70 him
Mr. Pas sen z n NOT An N is OUTWARD se@blsnce
Knapp. Is iery. His red hair, thin lips, sharr
sye bers asgrsssysnsSS H II. Is nuT mr.
motto is that sIls iair in love. war. and politics
He gives ne quarter and asks none. he looks
an ng accused criminal. Is person whose word d
to be taken In Al respects Tlth great allow y;
mss %Sr esn hsp But az
n. Knapp that an assertion or condition 70 or
He Tel fears no man, He is faithful TO the end IN
his h. Is as remorseless as oonk
In this respect he will be curbed by Mr.. Plat,
kn !as 0nE ho R Saa aoa
OF S stanSS a ana treess s snerss Knapp Is sly
Gsfp ~ f 6Snd in the dark respecting the
at the head Of the organization. both inspired
rowing recollections Of recent mortihcatlons,,
for Knapp's nose has been at the Miller grind.
s soss. G arss fands or the
York, from Staten Island t. ths remotsst ham
with great though mysterious prizes in the ".
sleep and dream during this canvass.
Of the, leaders In Democratic politics reads
tIon than Mr.. Platt It revealed the very thing
has most most FRANCES oon s the
usiits Cen; Arthur. Nj; Platt 4 personally Y,
their doin.gs more closely than be; and he dis
Far Rehard
Cooper, Justice Power. Bourke Cochran. and
Edward Kearney he has the respect that crises
1t was in the hope that those Of these able
men who represent Tammany, and those who
year past that Mr.. Plat placed one Of his chief
reliances for success this fall.
was held, and what he discovered compelled
s ns disappointSent %as also entaisd BY it.
It Is likely that he revealed his apprehension
some q his ut ss,Css S WIZ met
able
pei that which they desiEs both from Washing;
xSSs@y
the same thing. United they can say thus and
SO to Albany and It will be heard united. they
can say thus and so 10 Washington and it must
be needed, and Mr.. Plat does not hesitate to
say that II one Of these organizations by such
the the path Of the Republicans In New York. ~
With consummate tact under the guidance Of
Croker for ono organization and Power for the
other. the country delegates at SARATOGA we're
left to settle their little Misunderstanding
and to nominate whomsover they chose. With
n m
nine members Of the State Committee Al, and
friends enough outside to control It. With
great skill all entanglements with either oil
the country factioMs were avoided, and no en-
mites created Neither does Albany know
whether II can put Its finger on either or both
organizations with confidence. nor does Wash
ington. But then. to Republican view. these
great organizations stand In complete poss0s-
sion. In perfect control, and Albany or WASH
ington must now come to them. not they to
either Of these cities.
That is the situation as Mr.. Plat sees It. and
he knows It Is q mastery one. nor has he much
doubt that It will prove the strategic condition
that will win. 1t must, for one or the other OF
the coons will come down from the tree.
Are Mr.. Plat and his Republican friends
right in their conception Of the game that ia
being played by their opponents? II they are
they are correct In their belief that politics OF
this fall Is to be game requiring most inter-
estin0 and delicate handwriting. And the
leaders on both sides are Just the men capable
so to manBuvre.